Spike, TNA Near Deal

PUB. DATE

June 2005

SOURCE

Multichannel News;6/20/2005, Vol. 26 Issue 25, p22

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the status of a deal between cable television networks Spike TV and Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling for a weekly late-night program. Terms of the deal; Return of the television program franchise "Raw" to USA Network; Commitment entered into by Spike with the combat-sports outfit Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Presents charts related to cable television (TV) broadcasting of sports as of October 2002. Terms of TV sports rights agreements; Information on top major sports events ratings; Top cable sports packages.

Reports on the promotional efforts launched by the National Basketball Association's national cable outlets, TNT and ESPN, designed to get viewers. Terms of the deal between AOL Time Warner Inc. and Walt Disney Co.; Description of the television spots run by ESPN about its broadcasting of NBA...

Presents an update on cable sports programming as of October 2002. Highlights of the Golf Channel; Features of sports programs on Inspiration Network; Addition of tournaments to the roster of tennis games broadcast by Tennis Channel.

The article offers the programming line-ups of several cable television companies in the U.S. The World Wrestling Entertainment's "Monday Night Raw" will be aired on Sci Fi not on USA. As part of a contract, the U.S. Open will be aired on USA, covering the time slot of "Monday Night Raw"....

Discusses issues related to cable television's (TV) broadcasting of sports as of October 2002. Increase in household ratings of sports TV; Plans for National Broadcasting Association's own channel, NBA TV; Details of deal between ESPN and the National Hockey League. INSETS: IF AT FIRST YOU...

Discusses a dispute between U.S. cable television operators and sports network ESPN over pricing and placement of the network in the television lineup. Refusal of ESPN to agree on a tiering price structure; Threats of operators to drop the network; Efforts of operators to garner public support.

The article reports that sports network Golf Channel Latinoamerica has reached first carriage deals with cable companies in Central America. Cable companies such as Cable America from Costa Rica, Cablevisa from El Salvador, and Amnet from Honduras began carrying the network. Golf Channel...